codependency

🇺🇸 /ˌkəʊdɪˈpendənsi/ 🇬🇧 /ˌkəʊdɪˈpendənsi/
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A relationship where two people rely too much on each other for emotional support, often with one person taking care of the other.

The therapist explained that their marriage had become a cycle of codependency, where both partners were enabling each other's unhealthy behaviors.

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n. A relationship where two people rely too much on each other for emotional support, often with one person taking care of the other.

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Plural codependencies